"on the ""Guilt By Association"" compilation album, and Deja Vu, which can be found on the ""Tribute to the Spice Girls"" album. In 2013, Australian UK Hardcore artist S3RL released a high-tempo dance cover. These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of ""Viva Forever"": Published by Windswept Pacific Music Ltd/Polygram Music Publishing Ltd. Viva Forever ""Viva Forever"" is a song recorded by English girl group the Spice Girls for their second album, ""Spiceworld"" (1997). It was written by the group with Matt Rowe and Richard Stannard, whilst produced by the latter two. The song was released"
"reached number 1 in 37 countries, and their subsequent singles – ""Say You'll Be There"", ""2 Become 1"", ""Who Do You Think You Are"" and ""Mama"" – all peaked at number 1 in the UK. In 1997, they released the second album, ""Spiceworld"", with the two first singles ""Spice Up Your Life"" and ""Too Much"", that entered the UK Albums Chart at number 1, making it the group's all consecutive number 1 hit single, a record of musical groups all time. The album was a global best seller, selling 20 million copies worldwide. The group also starred in their own"
"the biggest-selling single by an all-female group of all time. Riding a wave of publicity and hype, the group released their next singles in the UK and Europe; in October ""Say You'll Be There"" was released topping the charts at number one for two weeks. In December ""2 Become 1"" was released, becoming their first Christmas number-one and selling 462,000 copies in its first week, making it the fastest selling single of the year. The two tracks continued the group's remarkable sales, giving them three of the top five biggest selling songs of 1996 in the UK. In November 1996,"
"countries and all the following singles – ""Say You'll Be There"", ""2 Become 1"", ""Who Do You Think You Are"" and ""Mama"" – also peaked at number one in United Kingdom. In 1997, they released their second album, ""Spiceworld"", and their first two singles ""Spice Up Your Life"" and ""Too Much"", entered the UK Albums Chart at number one, making seven consecutive number one hit singles, an all-time record for a musical group. The album was a global best seller, selling 20 million copies worldwide. The group also starred in their own film, ""Spiceworld: The Movie"", which grossed $100 million"
"found the track as ""more a compendium of music styles than an actual song"", and the group's image as a ""pro-woman posing that project[s] lots of false confidence"", it became the best-selling single by a female group, selling over six million copies worldwide. ""Say You'll Be There"" was released as the album's second single on 14 October 1996. It became the group's second number-one single in the United Kingdom, and was certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). It was a commercial success across Europe, reaching the top 10 in most of the charts that it entered. As a"
"in the United Kingdom. In the weeks leading up to the release, the video for ""Wannabe"", got a trial airing on The Box music channel. The song proved to be a global hit, reaching number 1 in 35 countries. and becoming the biggest-selling single by an all-female group of all time. It was followed by nine further number-one singles from their albums ""Spice"", ""Spiceworld"" and ""Forever"". Each member of the group received a nickname from the media. Bunton was named ""Baby Spice"". Other successful releases followed, including ""Say You'll Be There"" and ""2 Become 1"" from ""Spice"", and ""Spice Up"
"is ""Anything Is Possible/Evergreen"" by Will Young, which sold 1.11 million copies in its first week on sale. Publicity had built up due to the televised talent contest ""Pop Idol"" with 8.7 million people phoning in to vote for the finalists. The fastest selling single by a British group is the Spice Girls ""2 Become 1"" which sold over 462,000 copies during its first week on sale and over 763,000 copies in a fortnight. In total, the single sold over 1.1 million copies to date. The fastest number one single music act and band is Westlife with its first seven"
"was followed by another hit, ""Requiem"" which made the UK top 30 and the Dutch top 10. Their last single was to be ""The Kid's A Punk"" which flopped later in 1976. The band disbanded in early 1977. Forever and Ever (Slik song) ""Forever and Ever"" is a UK number-one single by Scottish glam rock band Slik, released in 1975. It was number one for one week in February 1976, knocking ABBA's ""Mamma Mia"" off the number-one position. It was also a hit in Ireland, reaching number two on the charts there. The song was written by the well established"
"7 million copies in just two weeks, including 1.4 million in Britain alone—the largest-ever shipment of an album over 14 days. They are also the first act (and so far only female act) to have their first six singles (""Wannabe"", ""Say You'll Be There"", ""2 Become 1"", ""Mama""/""Who Do You Think You Are"", ""Spice Up Your Life"" and ""Too Much"") make number one on the UK charts. (Their run was broken by ""Stop"", which peaked at number two in March 1998.) """" broke the record for the highest-ever weekend debut a film on Super Bowl weekend (25 January 1998) in"
"worldwide, becoming the best-selling album in music history by a girl group and one of the most successful albums of all time. Five singles were released from the album. The first single, ""Wannabe"", became a worldwide success and went to number one in 35 countries, one of the best-selling singles of all time and selling over six million copies worldwide. The next two singles, ""Say You'll Be There"" and ""2 Become 1"", reached number one in 53 countries. ""Who Do You Think You Are"" was released as the official Comic Relief single in the UK as a double A-side with"
"vocalists. On August 28, 2017, Melissa Bell died after suffering from kidney failure. The group appeared on Jools' Annual Hootenanny on New Year's Eve in 2017. Soul II Soul Soul II Soul are a British musical group formed in London in 1988. They are best known for their 1989 UK chart-topper and US top five hit ""Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)"", and ""Keep On Movin'"" which reached number five in the UK and number 11 in the US. They won two Grammy Awards, and have been nominated for five Brit Awards—twice for Best British Group. The group"
"in the delectably frothy girl-group melody"". Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic, in a review of their debut album ""Spice"", said that ""what is surprising is how the sultry soul of 'Say You'll Be There' is more than just a guilty pleasure"". In a review of the group's 2007 compilation album ""Greatest Hits"", ""NME"" said that it is a ""fine song in any age"". In July 2017, ""Billboard"" named the song number 25 on their list of the 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time. ""Say You'll Be There"" was released in the UK on 14 October 1996 once the"
"famously blocked ""Stop"" from the number 1 position on the UK Single Chart.. After the girls introduce themselves at the end of the second song they perform ""Say You'll Be There"" remixed with ""Fix"" by Blackstreet. Their reunion single ""Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)"" is the last song in the first act. The second act begins with a Jazz theme for ""The Lady Is A Vamp"" having a showgirl style performance. An up-tempo jazz version of ""Too Much"" is performed with the group dressed in tuxedos, while doing a striptease behind neon pink-coloured, heart-shaped doors. ""2 Become 1"" is performed next"
"Club Classics Vol. One Club Classics Vol. One (USA title: Keep On Movin') is the debut album by the British group Soul II Soul. Released in 1989, the album featured the group's hit singles ""Keep on Movin'"" and ""Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)"", the latter of which was a UK number-one hit and the fifth best-selling single in the UK that year. The album also reached number one and was certified triple platinum by the British Phonographic Industry for sales in excess of 900,000 copies. In the United States, the album reached the Top 20. The single"
"Ariana Grande was unable to attend due to illness. Live Forever (Oasis song) ""Live Forever"" is a song by the English rock band Oasis. Written by Noel Gallagher, the song was released as the third single from their debut album ""Definitely Maybe"" (1994) on 8 August 1994, just prior to that album's release. Gallagher wrote the song in 1991, before he joined Oasis. Inspired by the Rolling Stones' ""Shine a Light"", ""Live Forever"" features a basic song structure and lyrics with an optimistic outlook that contrasted with the attitude of the grunge bands popular at the time. The song was"
"23 places to number 51. You Got It All – The Album You Got It All – The Album is the second studio album by English boy band Union J. It was released in the United Kingdom on 8 December 2014 through Syco Music, Sony Music, Epic Records. ""Tonight (We Live Forever)"" was released as the album's first single in August 2014 and reached number nine in the United Kingdom, making it the group's third top 10 hit. The title track ""You Got It All"" was released on 30 November. This was the last album to feature the original members"
"Singles Chart for seven weeks and went on to sell over six million copies worldwide. It also topped the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in the United States for three weeks in February 1997. Follow-up singles ""Say You'll Be There"" and ""2 Become 1"" also went to number one in the UK and reached the top five across most of Europe and in the US. The group's debut album, ""Spice"", was released in the UK in November 1996 and became another global success, selling two million copies in its first week and 10 million copies in the next seven months. ""Spice"" has"
"Live Forever (Oasis song) ""Live Forever"" is a song by the English rock band Oasis. Written by Noel Gallagher, the song was released as the third single from their debut album ""Definitely Maybe"" (1994) on 8 August 1994, just prior to that album's release. Gallagher wrote the song in 1991, before he joined Oasis. Inspired by the Rolling Stones' ""Shine a Light"", ""Live Forever"" features a basic song structure and lyrics with an optimistic outlook that contrasted with the attitude of the grunge bands popular at the time. The song was the first Oasis single to enter the top ten"
"they achieved 15 UK Top 20 hits between 1993 and 1999, with their other Top 10 hits including ""Stay"" (1993), ""Oh Baby I..."" (1994), ""Power of a Woman"" (1995), ""Someday"" (1996), ""Secrets"" (1996) and ""Don't You Love Me"" (1997). The group reformed as a trio without Louise Redknapp in 2013 for the second series of the ITV2 reality show ""The Big Reunion"", and performed a one-off concert In March 2014. Eternal were formed in 1992 by music manager Denis Ingoldsby of First Avenue Records, after which Eddie Gordon showed him how the success of En Vogue was built in the"
"Stay (Shakespears Sister song) ""Stay"" is a song by UK-based pop act Shakespears Sister, released by London Records in January 1992 as the second single from their album ""Hormonally Yours"". Upon release, the single became a global smash hit becoming the duo's first and only No. 1 single in numerous territories, including the UK, where it topped the UK Singles Chart for eight consecutive weeks; the longest UK No. 1 reign for any all-female band, and was the fourth biggest selling single of 1992. The single also held the No. 1 position in band member Siobhan Fahey's birthplace, Ireland, for"
"Together Forever (song) ""Together Forever"" is a song recorded by Rick Astley, which reached number one on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 on 18 June 1988. It was Astley's second and final U.S. chart-topper. It reached number 2 in Britain, being denied the top spot by ""Neighbours"" star and fellow Stock Aitken Waterman artist Kylie Minogue with her debut single ""I Should Be So Lucky"". It uses a similar chord structure and melody to ""Never Gonna Give You Up"" (as with most songs produced by Stock Aitken Waterman at the time). The song is also featured as a demo track on"
"the Casio CA-100 Keyboard. Together Forever (song) ""Together Forever"" is a song recorded by Rick Astley, which reached number one on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 on 18 June 1988. It was Astley's second and final U.S. chart-topper. It reached number 2 in Britain, being denied the top spot by ""Neighbours"" star and fellow Stock Aitken Waterman artist Kylie Minogue with her debut single ""I Should Be So Lucky"". It uses a similar chord structure and melody to ""Never Gonna Give You Up"" (as with most songs produced by Stock Aitken Waterman at the time). The song is also featured as"
"for example. !scope=""row""|Worldwide (IFPI) Life (Simply Red album) Life is the fifth studio album by British band Simply Red, released in 1995. The lead single ""Fairground"" became their first number 1 hit in the UK. Due to this success, the album also made #1 on the UK album chart. It also included ""We're in This Together"", the official theme song for Euro '96. This was also the last album to feature band member Fritz McIntyre. All songs composed by Mick Hucknall The video for ""Never Never Love"" featured several women, including British actresses Billie Whitelaw and Stephanie Beacham, and fashion"
"eighteen weeks in the top forty and twenty-six weeks in the top seventy-five, it became the second-biggest selling single of the year, and as of November 2012 has sold over 1.38 million copies, the biggest-selling single by a female group in the UK. ""Wannabe"" was commercially successful in the rest of Europe. On 4 September 1996 the song reached the top of Eurochart Hot 100, where it stayed for nine consecutive weeks, when it was replaced by the group's second single, ""Say You'll Be There"". ""Wannabe"" topped the singles charts in Belgium (both the Flemish and French charts), Denmark, Finland,"
"had sold 900,000 copies by December 1997, and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It peaked at number two on the Mainstream Top 40, and had crossover success, reaching number three on the Rhythmic Top 40 chart, number nine on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart, and number 12 on the Latin Pop Airplay chart. In June 2018, ""Say You'll Be There"" surpassed 1 million sales in UK, becoming their third million selling single in their home country. The music video for ""Say You'll Be There"" was directed by Vaughan Arnell, produced by Adam Saward"
"The Real Thing (UK band) The Real Thing are a British soul group formed in the 1970s. In addition to a string of British hits, the band charted internationally with their song ""You to Me Are Everything"", which reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart, No. 28 on ""Billboard""'s R&B Singles chart and No. 64 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. By number of sales, they were the most successful black rock/soul act in England during the 1970s. The journalist, author and founder of ""Mojo"", Paul Du Noyer credits them alongside Deaf School with restoring ""Liverpool's musical reputation in the"
"Will Be Next"" with 17 weeks. Also between 1996 and 2007, all of the band's singles charted in the Top 20 in the UK, starting with 1996's ""A Design for Life"" and ending with 2007's ""Indian Summer"", also the band has the record for most consecutive Top 40 hits, between 1991 and 2010, starting with the ""Stay Beautiful"" which peaked at number 40, and ending with ""(It's Not War) Just the End of Love"", the last Top 40 hit of the band, charting at number 28 in the UK Singles Chart. In terms of albums, the most successful is ""Everything"
"worldwide and became the second most watched movie of the year. The next single, ""Stop"", peaked at two, breaking the sequence of number ones. ""Viva Forever"", another number one, was the last single before Geri Halliwell's departure from the group in May 1998. As a four-piece, the group released ""Goodbye"" in late 1998. It topped the UK Singles Chart and became their third consecutive Christmas number-one – equaling the record previously set by The Beatles. Before the split of the Spice Girls, Brown went on to release music with Virgin Records, the label she was signed to when a member"
"disbanded in 2000. Eternal made a brief comeback in 2013, with Kéllé Bryan returning to the group, only for the group to disband once again in 2014. They were considered the UK's answer to the American girl group En Vogue. Eternal's 1993 debut album ""Always & Forever"" peaked at number two on the UK Album Chart and went four-times platinum in the UK. In 1997, they reached number one on the UK Singles Chart with ""I Wanna Be the Only One"", which won them the 1997 Mobo Award for Best Single. They also received seven Brit Award nominations. In total"
"girl group album of all time in the UK. The album contained three UK number ones: ""Never Ever"", ""Under the Bridge""/""Lady Marmalade"" and ""Bootie Call"". ""Never Ever"" is the second best-selling girl group single of all-time in the UK, behind the Spice Girls' ""Wannabe"". It also won two Brit Awards: Best British Single and Best British Video, and the group were nominated for Best British Breakthrough Act. Their second album, ""Saints & Sinners"" (2000), became their first number-one album and achieved multi-platinum success. It included the UK number one singles ""Pure Shores"" and ""Black Coffee"". Amid in-fighting among the group"
"Forever and Ever (Slik song) ""Forever and Ever"" is a UK number-one single by Scottish glam rock band Slik, released in 1975. It was number one for one week in February 1976, knocking ABBA's ""Mamma Mia"" off the number-one position. It was also a hit in Ireland, reaching number two on the charts there. The song was written by the well established songwriting partnership of Bill Martin and Phil Coulter who had recently split from writing for the Bay City Rollers. Slik's previous and first released single ""Boogiest Band in Town"" was unsuccessful in the spring of 1975. The song"
"group's most commercially successful song to date. The UK Enhanced CD release of the single is notable in that across its three tracks it features contributions from DJ Shadow, James Lavelle, The Stone Roses' Ian Brown, Oasis's Noel Gallagher, Radiohead's Thom Yorke and The Beastie Boys' Mike D. The song's music video was directed by Jake Scott and features a woman (played by Emma Griffiths Malin) at Mornington Crescent tube station. Be There (Unkle song) ""Be There"" is a song by British electronic group Unkle. It was produced by member DJ Shadow and written by him along with British musician"
"broke the group into the mainstream, reaching number four on the UK Singles Chart. Their second single, ""Never Ever"", was issued in November 1997 and launched them worldwide, peaking at number one in the UK and Australia. The single sold 1.2 million copies in the UK alone (receiving a double platinum certification from the British Phonographic Industry) and won the group two BRIT Awards in 1998: Best British Single and Best British Video. The album ""All Saints"" was released in November 1997, reached number two on the UK Album Chart, and was BPI-certified five times platinum in the UK for"